Job creation we all can believe in!

WIC needs to advertise?

Another example of wasteful spending in our government.... a banner ad on the OregonLive website today for WIC:



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This tells me that DHS does not need additional tax money from the people of Oregon if it has money to blow on needless advertising.

And note the headline of the article on the page.... thanks to the passing of 66/67 other major cities are taking note of Oregon's anti-business environment and will start wooing away our employers. I don't know about you, but none of my friends have any desire to move to Chicago.

More proof that we don't need higher taxes

Here's yet more proof that we don't need the higher taxes that Measures 66/67 brought to us. The State needs to learn how to spend LESS and spend WISELY... just how all of us have done in our private finances and businesses.

Audit Criticizes Willamette Education District

I would really love to see some major heads roll over this and a lot of firing to occus. But we all know it won't. Disgusting.

But I Still Want One....

OK, got this in an email today and it is so funny. Although the new IPad is really cool and I want one!!

Apple's iPad announcement earlier this afternoon prompted a score of WTFing across the internet, prompting many to ask, "Are there any women on Apple's marketing team?" Answer: Apparently not . (Period.)

From Twitter (for what it's worth, #iTampon is apparently the number three trending topic on the site.):

tjakabon: "It surfs the web AND stops the bleeding."

Gelatobaby: And you can use the giant QWERTY keyboard to get your period on the #iPad !

CarolBlymire: Is #apple making an iPad for light-flow days? Just wondering...

Trish1981: iPad? Really? All I can say is, I'm sticking with Always, bitches.

tremendousnews: So I can say "That chick is on her iPad" and not be called a pig? Thank you Apple.

melissapierce: iPad has changed "the conversation" from how we use tech in context to how we use tech as Kotex. (who named this thing?)

TwittsMcGee: I haven't heard this many period jokes since I was forced to watch The View last month. #iPad

kathycacace: Okay, just one more. The iPad: protecting your data from embarrassing incidents.

Johnpapa: "64 gig iPad will forever be known as the heavy flow model."

From the comments section of "Period Pieces":

lady_justice: Did the prototype come with a belt?

Lymed: Does the Period Tracker app come free?

fauxfruit: If I order this, will my boyfriend and I have to worry if it comes late?

andBegorrah: If you and your friends all buy one, will they sync up?

boston_nj: Meh. I'll wait until they come out with the iDivaCup

morninggloria: Don't wear white jeans while using an iPad, and especially don't use an iPad in front of your crush. You're a teen magazine embarrassing moment waiting to happen.

ms negative the easy-going unicorn: someone needs to make a 'mysterious blue liquid stain on white' wallpaper for this.

LilSpitfire: Later in the year they will be releasing the companion tablet pen, the Ipon.

Vesuvius At Home (I believe in peace, bitch): But what if the cute boys see me shopping for one? What if my dad has to take me??

NellMood: It's so beautiful when an electronics company finally becomes a woman...

Cinnamoncanuck: @NellMood: Aunt Flo will be so happy! Reply

soykatrina: Eh, I prefer the CVS brand. A few bucks less but does the same thing...

vlvtjones: So will iffy Wifi coverage be called iSpotting?

morninggloria: Can I get a scented iPad for when my data feels not-so-fresh?

Mary McCarthyite: Everyone, just try to Stay(free) calm and Poise(d). It's Always nice to see a new product on the market. I Depend on Apple to come up with great ideas. Maybe we're taking this out of Kotex.

Lymed: Somebody give the iPad a Red Bull, because it ain't no good without wings.

andBegorrah: Are you there, God? It's me, Marketing.

NellMood: iPads are for 8th graders. I'm waiting for the iTampon, because I prefer to do all my interneting from inside my vagina.

BicSharpie: Hopefully it will help people deal with the 24-hour news cycle.

Earlier: 8 Reasons Women Should Be Excited For Apple's "iPad"

Related: Apple's iPad Name Not the First Choice for Women. Period. [Fast Company]


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Difference between Conservatives and Liberals

got this in an email today and just had to post it as it is so true!!


If a Conservative doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one.
If a Liberal doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.

If a Conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat.
If a Liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat banned for everyone.

If a Conservative is a homosexual, he quietly lives his life.
If a Liberal is a homosexual, he demands legislated respect.

If a Conservative is down and out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A Liberal wonders who will take care of him.

If a Conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he changes the station.
If a Liberal doesn't like a talk show host, he demands the host to be fired.

If a Conservative does not believe in God, he doesn't go to church.
If a Liberal is a non-believer, he wants all mention of God and religion to be silenced.

If a conservative needs health care, he shops around for it or chooses a job that provides it.
A liberal demands the rest of us pay for his health care.

Conservatives will read this and have a good laugh.
Liberals will be offended.

And they wonder why they are going broke?

Saturday, September 12, 2009, my husband, myself and several million of our fellow American citizens marched on Washington DC and State Capitols all across the nation. MILLIONS of us marched. MILLIONS.

As usual, most of the mainstream media either completely ignored us or greatly downplayed what happened.

A visit yesterday to our local network affiliates to see what, if any coverage they had on their websites resulted in this information:

KATU (ABC):

The lead story on KATU's website was this one: Emotions run deep at weekend Brain Tumor Walk through Portland. The story comes complete with a picture gallery.

Oh WOW! Hundreds of people walked to support brain tumor causes. HUNDREDS!!

A search on their website for "tea party" brings up a link to an article on their homepage about Obama's speech to Congress earlier in the week (he mentions "tea parties" in his speech), an AP article about the thousands who marched on Washington DC yesterday (good try AP, but it was MILLIONS, not thousounds), and several links to articles about the Tea Parties that occurred back on April 15, 2009.

NOTHING about the March on Salem that happened Saturday.

So, KATU, when hundreds gather to support brain tumor causes, you give it the coverage on your website but when THOUSANDS gather in Salem to protest what government is doing, you ignore it?

Would you have ignored it if the majority party in power were the Republicans?

KOIN (CBS):

Similar to KATU, KOIN's website also has NO mention of Saturday's March on Salem. A search on their website for the term "tea party" brings up a link to the same AP story about the march on Washington DC Saturday that was on KATU's site.

KGW (NBC):

KGW's website was even worse. Not only is there zero coverage of the March on Salem that happened Saturday, they don't even have mention of the March on Washington DC. Not even the AP story that linked on KATU and KOIN's website. Nada. The only links on a "tea party" search are to tea parties that happened back on April 15, 2009.

Well, we already knew that NBC was in the Obama Administration's pocket though, didn't we?

KPTV (FOX):

Apparently our local Fox affiliate does not operate the same way as the national Fox News Channel does. We can always count on the Fox News Channel to offer up fair and balanced reporting. I was hoping to find the same with our local Fox affiliate. Unfortunately I was disappointed.

They had NOTHING on their home page in regards to either the March on Washington DC or the local March on Salem. A search for "tea party" on their website only brought up links to the same AP article as mentioned for the other affiliates.

I have sent messages to all of these stations, letting them know we are aware of their biased reporting and we've had enough. I am declaring a war on these stations. I plan to hit them where it hurts. Their advertising revenue is already severely down due to the recession. I plan to contact as many of their sponsors as possible to let them know that I will NOT be buying any of their products or services as long as they choose to advertise with any of these affiliates.

Let's hurt them where it counts. In their bank account. Are you with me?

Links to contact all of the affiliates are listed below. I urge you to join me and demand fair and balanced reporting in the media.

The email addresses to contact KATU can be found here: Contact KATU

Information on how to contact KOIN can be found here: Contact KOIN

Information on how to contact KGW can be found here: Contact KGW

Information on how to contact KPTV can be found here: Contact KPTV

Contact them. Let them know how you feel and that you will be joining in the war on them. Let them know that you also will be contacting their advertisers to boycott their products and services.

More to come!

~kate

Tax Referral Tea Party TODAY

Today, September 7th, there will be a Tax Referral Tea Party in Portland at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Tea Party starts at 6pm, we will start gathering at 5pm.

Come one, come all!

Tax Referral Tea Party

The Oregon Legislature passed several new taxes and tax increases that will further kill jobs in Oregon. We are working together to get measures on the ballot to undo what Salem has done. We are also working together to send Salem a message that we are not going to take it.

Have you signed the 4 petitions? If not, come to tonight's Tea Party and you will have ample chance to sign them. If you cannot attend tonight, petitions can be downloaded from the Americans for Prosperity - Oregon website: Download single-signer petitions HERE

Remember, if you aren't part of the solution, you are part of the problem.

~kate

Eating "Wild?"

Article tonight posted on KATU.com:

Could you survive a week eating "wild?"

I've got one word for this: FREAK